Last week in this space, we invited you to share your pop culture “cold spot” — the thing that everyone, it seems, loves but you. Come to find out, boy oh boy did a lot of you want to get that little nugget off your chest; the comments were voluminous, as previously-closeted detractors of Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, the Grateful Dead, Buffy, Bjork, Twilight, the Black Keys, Mad Men, 30 Rock, Lady Gaga, Dylan, and The Wire (okay, c’mon, seriously?) proclaimed their distaste for the tastemakers’ faves. For this week, we thought we’d turn the idea on its head. There’s plenty of stuff out there that you’re supposed to dislike; which of those trends do you buck?
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Welcome to “Trailer Park,” our regular Friday feature where we collect the week’s new trailers all in one place and do a little “judging a book by its cover,” ranking them from worst to best and taking our best guess at what they may be hiding. We’ve got a whopping eleven trailers for you this week, offering everything from animation to big-budget studio comedy to Sundance hopefuls; check ‘em out after the jump.
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1. HBO has released some behind-the-scenes footage from Season 2 of Game of Thrones! Watch it here, and then try to deal with the fact that you won’t get to see the full thing until April.
2. Despite some seriously hilarious reviews about how bad it is, Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 took in an estimated $139 million over the weekend, making it the fifth largest opening of all time. [via Vulture]
3. RIP: Mark Hall, the UK animator who created the cartoon series Danger Mouse, died over the weekend at the age of 75 following a short illness. [via Guardian]
4. This weekend’s Jason Segel-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live (which we reviewed here) scored the show’s best ratings so far this season. Do you think it had anything to do with that cameo by The Muppets? [via Deadline]
5. The American Music Awards were held last night, and the biggest news of the evening (other than the fact that Jennifer Lopez performed what was essentially a car commercial in what was essentially her birthday suit) was Taylor Swift’s second win as Artist of the Year. [via AP]
Bonus Buzz: Super Mario/X-Men Mash-Up
1. Cory Smoot aka Flattus Maximus, the lead guitarist for the heavy metal band GWAR, was found dead on their tour bus yesterday following a concert in Minneapolis. The cause of death is currently unknown, and according to a statement from GWAR, “at this point we are just dealing with the loss of our dear friend and brother.” [via AP]
2. Here’s your first look at Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham in Mike Newell’s adaptation of Great Expectations and Bill Murray as Franklin D. Roosevelt in Roger Michell’s Hyde Park on Hudson.
3. David Simon has announced that Treme will end after its fourth season; considering that shooting is currently underway on Season 3, at least this gives fans plenty of time to prepare themselves, right? [via Variety]
4. Jennifer Lopez plans to produce — not star in — a live action film version of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? According to Slashfilm, “The hope is that the film… turns into a family adventure along the lines of National Treasure.” All we’ve got to say is Rockapella better be doing the soundtrack.
5. ABC has announced that it will air A Very Gaga Thanksgiving, a TV special that was conceived and directed by Lady Gaga, on Thanksgiving day. The show will feature eight performances by the singer, as well as a sit-down interview with Katie Couric. [via THR]
Bonus Buzz: 3D Mapping On Steroids
Editor’s note: Welcome to The Fug Report! Each week our fashion blogger friends Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, the sartorial geniuses behind Go Fug Yourself, will feature some of their favorite looks of the week in this space. We hope you enjoy it!
This week on Go Fug Yourself, Zoe Saldana looked crazy… and then undid the damage by looking awesome. Also looking awesome: Helen Mirren, hero of women all over the world for being a senior citizen and still legitimately sexy. Speaking of sexy, J Lo tried to seduce a bunch of fruit, Jennifer Love Hewitt made love to a jumpsuit, and Ashton Kutcher is apparently opposed to sexiness in any form at all anymore. We decided that if a look doesn’t work on Johnny Depp, it’s never going to work for a schlub like John Mayer. Also: Anne Hathaway wore a doily, we took a look at Jennifer Garner’s suspicious attempts to conceal her baby bump, and we examined the new posters for The Secret Circle. It’s magic!
Today at Flavorpill, we listened to the reconfigured Shins cover David Bowie’s “Ashes to Ashes.” We loved The Hairpin’s hilarious roundup of Wikipedia entries for every situation. We learned the back story on the giant, inflatable union rat that hops around NYC, including the fact that he has a name — Scabby. We saw what some of our favorite celebrities may have looked like if they’d lived in other eras. We decided that it might be time to add Don’t Stop the Music — a crazy sounding ’80s movie that inexplicably stars the Village People, Steve Guttenberg, and Bruce Jenner — to our rental queue. We were surprised by the amount of Lopez news, both happy and sad: Jennifer will be returning as a judge on American Idol, while TBS has canceled George’s late-night show. We were curious as to what Snooki’s newly-announced fragrance will smell like. We got excited by rumors of a Jesus Christ Superstar revival heading to Broadway next spring. We felt like if you’re going to spend $18,000 on a pair of flip-flops in order to save 100,000 square feet of endangered rainforest land in Costa Rica, it might make you seem less insane if you donated your money directly to the cause. We got hungry thanks to this S’mores infographic. And finally, we couldn’t stop ourselves from watching this supercut of every Final Destination over-the-top death in the franchise so far.
1. Spike Jonze has reportedly teamed up with Kanye West and Jay-Z to direct the music video for “Otis,” the first official track to be released off of their forthcoming joint LP Watch the Throne. While there aren’t many details to be had, you can check out a photo from the shoot in Los Angeles here.
2. Word is that former Six Feet Under star Lauren Ambrose (and not Glee’s Lea Michele as was previously rumored), is the actress that the producers of the upcoming Broadway revival of Funny Girl want for their leading lady. [via E!]
3. Kings of Leon have canceled the remaining 26 dates on their current US tour in light of that incident last week in Dallas where lead singer Caleb Followill left the stage after telling the crowd that he was going to go vomit, drink a beer, and then come back out and play some more. (He never did.) According to the band’s publicist, he was “suffering from vocal issues and exhaustion.” They will return to the road in late September for a show in Vancouver. [via ArtsBeat]
4. In case you’re curious, here are a few teasers from an upcoming Vanity Fair feature in which J. Lo explains why she split from Marc Anthony.
5. When Breaking Bad comes back for its final season next year, it might not be on AMC thanks to some drama between the network and Sony Television over the episode count. As long as this ends up with us getting to see more of Walter White, we’ll be happy to watch it anywhere. [via Vulture]
Bonus Buzz: Matt Damon Defends Teachers, Calls Out Cameraman
Editor’s note: Welcome to The Fug Report! Each week our fashion blogger friends Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, the sartorial geniuses behind Go Fug Yourself, will feature some of their favorite looks of the week in this space. We hope you enjoy it!
This week on Go Fug Yourself, we took a walk down memory lane to revisit the past and current hotness of Ralph Fiennes. We wondered what was up with Robert Pattinson’s new, weird, haircut. We gazed longingly (?) at Robert Downey, Jr. — even if he is wearing something that looks like a test pattern. We checked in with Jennifer Aniston, and found her wearing seriously weird shoes. We talked about Christina Hendricks’ boobs (what else?) on the cover of Lucky. And, finally, we put J. Lo to work — look, she’s going through a divorce. She needs to keep busy.
[Editor's note: Welcome to our new weekly feature The Fug Report! Each week our fashion blogger friends Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, the sartorial geniuses behind Go Fug Yourself, will feature some of their favorite looks of the week in this space. There will be some good outfits; there will be some bad outfits; there will be some fugly outfits -- actually, we've got our fingers-crossed that there will be lots and lots of latter. We hope you enjoy it!]
This week on Go Fug Yourself, we celebrated the publication of our first young adult novel, Spoiled. When we weren’t patting ourselves on the back, we were saying goodbye to American Idol, and by “American Idol,” we mean, “J. Lo on American Idol.” And when we weren’t making fun of La Lopez’s nude catsuit, we were taking any opportunity to talk about the movie Orphan, this time courtesy of Vera Farmiga (whom we love) and her jumpsuit (which we don’t).
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What if Olivia Wilde played the Evil Queen in Snow White? Can you picture Queen Latifah as Ursula? J.Lo as Princess Jasmine? In 2007, Disney launched an ad campaign for their parks, recreating classic animated scenes and characters with living and breathing Hollywood stars. Another group of celebrity ads came out in 2008, but since then we’ve seen nothing from the project – until now! Needless to say, this tickled the imaginations of all who once dreamed of live-action retellings of all their favorite Disney stories. Not that we desperately want to see Beyoncé play Alice in Wonderland or anything. Click through to see the newest batch of these Disney dream portraits shot by Annie Leibovitz, as well as some of the older models (check out even more here), and here’s hoping that one day these will all turn into amazing movies.
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